N.Y. Education Law § 7010: Ankle surgery limited permits

§ 7010. Ankle surgery limited permits. * A limited permit to perform

podiatric standard ankle surgery, as described in subdivision two of

section seven thousand one of this article, may be issued by the

department to a podiatrist who is licensed pursuant to this article and

who has met the residency and board qualification/certification

requirements set forth in subdivision one of section seven thousand nine

of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to obtain the

training and experience required for the issuance of a podiatric

standard ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision one of section

seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall authorize the

performance of podiatric standard ankle surgery only under the direct

personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a podiatric

standard ankle surgery privilege or a podiatric advanced ankle surgery

privilege issued pursuant to section seven thousand nine of this article

or of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of

this title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying

board having certification standards acceptable to the department.

* NB Effective until June 12, 2027

* 1. A limited permit to perform podiatric standard ankle surgery, as

described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this

article, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed

pursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board

qualification/certification requirements set forth in subdivision one of

section seven thousand nine of this article in order to authorize such

podiatrist to obtain the training and experience required for the

issuance of a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege pursuant to

subdivision one of section seven thousand nine of this article. Such

permits shall authorize the performance of podiatric standard ankle

surgery only under the direct personal supervision of a licensed

podiatrist holding a podiatric standard ankle surgery privilege or a

podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to section

seven thousand nine of this article or of a physician licensed pursuant

to article one hundred thirty-one of this title and certified in

orthopedic surgery by a national certifying board having certification

standards acceptable to the department.

* NB Effective June 12, 2027

* 2. A limited permit to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery, as

described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this

article, may be issued by the department to a podiatrist who is licensed

pursuant to this article and who has met the residency and board

certification requirements set forth in subdivision two of section seven

thousand nine of this article in order to authorize such podiatrist to

obtain the training and experience required for the issuance of a

podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege pursuant to subdivision two

of section seven thousand nine of this article. Such permits shall

authorize the performance of podiatric advanced ankle surgery only under

the direct personal supervision of a licensed podiatrist holding a

podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued pursuant to

subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this article or of a

physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one of this

title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a national certifying board

having certification standards acceptable to the department.

* NB Effective until June 12, 2027

* 2. (a) A limited permit to perform podiatric advanced ankle surgery,

as described in subdivision two of section seven thousand one of this

article, may be issued by the department, for the purposes of

authorizing a podiatrist to obtain the training and experience required

for the issuance of a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege

pursuant to subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this

article, to a podiatrist who:

(i) is licensed pursuant to this article and who has met the residency

and board certification requirements set forth in subdivision two of

section seven thousand nine of this article; or

(ii) is licensed pursuant to this article and who has met the

residency requirements set forth in subdivision two of section seven

thousand nine of this article and who is board qualified but not yet

certified in reconstructive rearfoot and ankle surgery by a national

certifying board having certification standards acceptable to the

department.

(b) Such permits shall authorize the performance of podiatric advanced

ankle surgery only under the direct personal supervision of a licensed

podiatrist holding a podiatric advanced ankle surgery privilege issued

pursuant to subdivision two of section seven thousand nine of this

article or of a physician licensed pursuant to article one hundred

thirty-one of this title and certified in orthopedic surgery by a

national certifying board having certification standards acceptable to

the department.

* NB Effective June 12, 2027

3. For the purposes of this section, direct personal supervision means

supervision of procedures based on instructions given directly by the

supervising podiatrist or physician who remains in the immediate area

where the procedures are being performed, authorizes the procedures and

evaluates the procedures performed by the holder of the limited permit.

4. The holder of a limited permit issued pursuant to this section

shall perform podiatric ankle surgery only in a hospital or health

facility licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of the public health

law and appropriately authorized to provide such surgery.

5. Limited permits shall be issued for a period of one year, and may

be renewed for additional one year periods when necessary to permit the

completion of the training and experience required to obtain a podiatric

standard ankle surgery privilege or podiatric advanced ankle surgery

privilege, as applicable, provided that no permit may be renewed more

than four times for each such privilege.

6. The fee for a limited permit shall be one hundred five dollars and

the fee for a renewal shall be fifty dollars.